Liz Abdnour is an experienced and client-centered attorney and advocate who has committed her career to working towards justice and equality for students. Liz's legal expertise includes a vast array of education-focused cases, with claims asserted against schools and institutions in the areas of Title IX, educator rights and employment, special education, k12 school discipline, college code of conduct, disability rights, and childhood sexual assault.

For the first eight years of her career, Liz worked as a legal services attorney, representing low-income individuals in Ohio in a variety of civil legal matters. Liz spent two years as the supervising attorney of a domestic violence and protection order clinic jointly operated by a legal aid organization and a law school. Liz then transitioned to working as an institutional equity coordinator and senior investigator at Michigan State University, handling investigations and providing training to the campus community on civil rights and Title IX matters.

In 2018, Liz launched an education-focused law firm in Lansing, Michigan to fight for justice on behalf of student and educator clients. During this time, Liz assisted hundreds of clients seek justice for violations of their rights by their school, their university or their employer. In 2023, Liz joined forces with AW to expand the impact of her experience and advocacy, now leading the firm’s Title IX and Education Litigation teams in Ohio and Michigan, and in federal courts nationwide.

Liz also provides investigative, consulting, and training services and is an experienced trainer, writer, and public speaker. The combination of Liz's legal experience and her years as an internal university investigator and administrator at Michigan State University during the height of the Larry Nassar investigation give her unparalleled expertise regarding educational institutions' obligations with respect to civil rights and Title IX response.

I help people whose rights have been violated recover and rebuild their lives. I also help people with everyday legal issues though the stress and mess to the other side.

Aggressive legal representation for justice in the workplace.

The Law Office of Matthew S. Erard is a progressive law practice dedicated to protecting the rights and legal interests of civil rights plaintiffs, criminal defendants, workers, tenants, and personal injury victims throughout and beyond the state of Michigan.

McKnight, Canzano, Smith, Radtke & Brault was founded in 1978 by a group of experienced union labor lawyers and has always dedicated itself to the advancement and protection of the rights of working people.

I specialize in public and private sector labor law under the National Labor Relations Act and Public Employment Relations Act. I assist workers and unions in representation and unfair labor practice proceedings.

I am proud of the work the NLG does and proud to be a member of the Detroit Chapter.

I have been a member of the NLG since law school and support and admire its commitment to progressive advocacy.

Guild member since 1992. Former President of the Detroit & Michigan Chapter of the NLG (2002-2004). Member of the Executive Committee of the NLG Labor & Employment Law Committee. He has litigated cases in dozens of states representing low-wage workers, communities, and injured persons on matters of employment, constitutional, and tort law He is a contributing author to the National Lawyers Guild’s Employee and Union Member Guide to Labor Law and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s Torts: Michigan Law and Practice.